The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

birds and SQUIRRELS lodged in its branches, and
ferns, flowers, an open book, and scroll OF
music ut the base.
WHO says that there is not hope for the young
men of to-day? OF Amhersts ninetythree
freshmen but seventeen smoke tobacco, A to-
bacco report from the class three years from
now will be interesting.
IT Is SAID there is minister in Saginaw City
who practices what he breaches. He walks be-
tween the two cities on Sunday, rather than pay
Sc to encourage the street railway companies
in carrying on business on that day.
IT has been rumored in Jersey City for some
days that Congressman William Walter Phelps
is negotiating for the purchase Of a Sunday
newspaper, which he intends to turn into he
publican daily. The owner of the paper re-
ferred to does not deny the truth OF the rumor.
In the cropof one of a lot of Western turkeys
recently received in Hartford, was this note,
duly signed, and with the writer's address: Il
am young man about s. years old, and never
kept company with girl Would like to cor
respond with some young lady, If this chances
to fall in the hands of such"
ONE of the cheapest and best modes of de-
stroyng insects in pot plants to invert the pot
and dip the plan1s for a few seconds In water
warmed to 1862. A German paper, referring TO
this plan, says that the azalea will stand 1889
without injury. Usually heat the water pretty
WELL and pour in cool until 1900 is reached.
SAN ANTONIO boasts of citizen over 100 years
old. For the benefit of those pc sons who are
interested In old people, it may be said that his
physical condition is strong enough to have per-
mitted him 10 ride to dog fight eighteen miles
away, and his mind clear enough to have
enabled him to pick out the winning dog and
pocket S14 in stakes
AT Carrolton, O., Miss Linda MARYLAND was to
be married to James Wright, of Chetopa, Kan,
to whom she BECAME engaged through cores
pondence. But when he arrived she declared
she would never wed him. and he left with his
sister, who had accompanied him from Cincin-
natl. He is said to be worth $4,000 and pro-
poses yet town the girl.
MUTUAL ORGANIZATIONS TO insure against cpl
denies are being established in some of the
large manufactures of Sheffield, Eng Each
workman contributes or 215 per cent. of bis
wages, and in return is guaranteed payment
equal to his average wages should he be obliged
to quit work on account of any epidemic in his
family. The propretors of the manufactures
have charge of the funds.
STARFIsH have done great damage this year to
the oyster beds of Fair Haven, Conn. Some en-
tire beds, valued at $1,000 each, have been de-
stroyed and it is estimated that 100000 worth
Of dama7e has been done. To meet the I'M
doubted demand for something &c destroy the
startlsh, Yankee has invented a dredge which
takes the starfish and leaves the oysters; and
several owners Of beds are using it.
DIR. ]. ]. DUNLOP, of Waterford, N. Y, was at
tackled with gastralgia on Nov. II, after eating
dinner, and it developed into violent fit of
hiccoughs. He took to his bed and suffered
greatly for nine days, having no relief, except
in sleep. During this time his life was despaired
of, and he gradually grew weaker, until the end
of the ninth day when the complaint left him.
He is now slowly recovering, but very weak
THREE or four weeks ago Lorenzo Beers, of
Stratford, N Y, sold number of tumbler pig
cons to E. NJ Beardsley, of Huntington, Conn.
A week or more after their removal two of the
birds returned to their old home and were sent
back to Bcardsley, who plucked the quilts from
one wing of each bird as a precautiOn against
an attempt to fly again to Stratford Friday
one of the pigeons came walking down the
street to the Beers residence, having walked the
whole distance-nipe miles-from Huntington.
THERE isn't much doubt that Cape Cod is get
ting eaten up by the greedy sea, and in time will
disappear. The Provincetown ADVOCATE saws
that less than one hundred years have passed
| since lighthouse was placed here by the gov
eminent. The original purchase included a
plot of land ten acres in extent. At the pres
ent time this enclosure embraces barely six
acres. On a point Just north of the Marine
has moved inland 200 feet in the past five
years" 4 ~- 4..,,-.--r-
SOME TIME AGO the government of Colombia
| offered $4,000 in silver toTany one who would
discover new merchandise article of export
| Rafael Vaugas thinks that he deserves the re-
ward, or two of them, because he has discov-
cred valuable medicinal plant, hitherto I'M
| known; and also has ascertained that cocoa
| trees abound in such profusion in the forests
| along the river Guabiare that the gathering of
| their pods would furnish work for thousands
who are now idle, and bring great wealth to the
country.
A NEW ROAD for pack mules and cattle is be-
| ing made across the Isthmus of Darien, between
Chriqui on the Pacific and Boco del Toro on the
Atlantic. The company opening the road has
been granted a fifteen-year franchise, which
also covers IA strip of land one mile wide on each
side. This gives New Orleans another direct
route to the Pacific ocean, line of steamers now
running between that city and Boco del Toro
The ride over the mountains can be made in
two days easily, and in one if the traveller is in
hurry.
THE following was signed by the Americans
and Mexicans who assisted in founding the new
town of Las Palonias Mex, Nov IS: IAN in
innate and personal knowledge of each other
by the citizens of the two Republics is a sure
safeguard against trouble upon the border and
of an increasing respect and love for Republi-
can institutions May the friendship this day
inaugurated at Las PalomaS, Mexico, between
MeXicans and Americans grow with each day
and year until our intercourse shall be that Of
brothers, whose every interest is common and
fraternal."
THE coasts of Lower California abound with
huBO bul Ucos WHICH HciSu from OJO 10 pounds
each. Down at Punta Banda, where company
is building big hotel, one Ct the workmen. who
is an expert swimmer. and who spends much
time in the water has become skillfu in riding
the big animals. A traveller says that when the
man sees one that is big enough to ride he
PUSHES into the water and mountS it. He has a
way of slapping the turtles on the side of the
head that makes them jog along, and. by strik-
ing them, he also guides them. He rode n big
fellow near the shore the other day as the stape
drove up the coast road, and the occupants Of
the stage we're 50 pleased with the exhibition
that they made up purse of $50 for the rider
PORTLAND, Me-, has a gambler whose recent
exhibition of nerve has given him great honor
among the fancy. He was behind the faro
table the othsr night when several men from a
mel hboripg town came IN and sat down to the
& me. Play ran high until $3.50 was on the
table waiting the turn Of h card. The gambler
had before this made up his mind that the ont
slders had put up some sort of lob on him
and were going to beat him; so he whipped ont
revolver and coolly announced that he was
going to take everything in sight, and If any
body objected let him say So Nobody objected
The revolver was card no one could beat and
of the table into the drawer, locked it, and said
the game was closed.
JAMES SPENCER, a Chattanooga grocer. being
greatly troubled by flies, put twenty-one sheets
OF sticky fly paper about his store. In the
evening he gathered them up, and noticed how
much heavier they were. being covered with
flies. He weighed the twenty-one sheets and
found they weighed seven pounds Then he
put twenty-one fresh sheets on the scales and
they weighed four pounds four ounces. Thus